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State flag flies for first time at Tupelo police department

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
January 4, 2018

<h1>State flag flies for first time at Tupelo police department</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />January 4, 2018</p> <p>After more than a year, a banner commemorating the state’s bicentennial anniversary has been removed from the city of Tupelo’s recently built police department headquarters and Mississippi’s state flag with its controversial symbol of the Confederacy now flies over the new building for the first time, <em>The Daily Journal</em> reported.</p> <p><a href="https://www.djournal.com/news/local/state-flag-flies-for-first-time-at-tupelo-police-department/article_aa4bdb6e-5df1-5e3b-af19-55adfba54528.html">Read the story here.</a></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p>Follow Mississippi Today’s recent state flag coverage:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote wp-embedded-content"> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2017/12/20/mississippi-made-artists-answer-stennis-call-to-take-on-state-flag/">‘Mississippi Made:’ Artists answer Stennis’ call to take on state flag</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote wp-embedded-content"> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/27/state-flag-lawsuits-hits-end-of-the-road-at-u-s-supreme-court/">State flag lawsuit hits end of the road at U.S. Supreme Court</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote wp-embedded-content"> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/22/state-flag-goes-up-down-and-back-up-ocean-springs-flagpoles/">State flag goes up, down and back up Ocean Springs flagpoles</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2018/01/04/state-flag-flies-for-first-time-at-tupelo-police-department/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=119497&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2018/01/04/state-flag-flies-for-first-time-at-tupelo-police-department/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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